Reckless driver knocks down FRSC staff

A staff of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Aba Unit, identified as Mr. Victor Mbakaogu has reportedly been hospitalized and left in a critical condition after he was allegedly knocked down by a reckless motorist.

The incident, The Nation gathered happened in front of the Aba Command of FRSC along Aba-Umuahia axis of Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Wednesday morning while the victim was on duty.

Sources who witnessed the incident said that the FRSC official after being hit by the driver hit his head on the ground and broke his jaw in the process which left him with bruises and bleeding mouth.

Mbakaogu was said to have been rushed to a private hospital immediately where he is currently receiving medical attention.

The Aba FRSC Unit Commander, Okora Awassam in an interview confirmed the incident, adding that the staff has been responding to treatment as process of stitching the broken jaw had already begun.

She also confirmed that the said driver have equally been arrested and in detention.

“The officer didn’t even stop the driver. He was just standing beside the road in front of our office when the driver suddenly veered off the road and hit him. Immediately he did that, he sped off.

“My personnel landed on the road with his head and in the process broke his jaws. He is currently receiving medical attention and we thank God that he is responding to treatment.

“I don’t know why the man did that because like I said the officer didn’t stop the driver. He was just standing by the roadside when he was hit by the driver. So, I don’t know why the driver should veer off the road to hit him.

“The driver was arrested in a nearby village, not too far from the scene of the incidence by a good Samaritan and other drivers that saw how the incident happened. If not that the drivers were so kind to have gone after the man, he would have escaped just like that,” Awassam narrated

…The was how my friend was hit and thrown into river Ososa in Ogun state in active duty ..Despite violating the barricade to kill the poor officer we never heard anything up till today…Nigeria with lawless